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Indivisibles,
Last week, over nine thousand people tuned in to watch our Let’s Go Joe
Livestream ([ [link removed] ]watch the recording here) as we launched our initiative to
encourage President Biden to use the power of executive action to effect
change on issues like climate, immigration reform, and student debt.
We were joined by Rep. Jayapal, Rep. Pressley, Rep. Blumenauer, Rahna
Epting (Executive Director of MoveOn), and Sylvia Brown (Group Leader of
Visibility, Outreach, Touch, Engage (VOTE) South Arkansas) in an inspiring
event that was both a reaffirmation of community and a collective call to
action hosted by our very own Leah Greenberg.
Rep. Jayapal started the night off with a reminder that we, “can and must
use every tool in our toolbox to move the needle forward on critical
issues,” setting a tone that reverberated through the entire night.
Picking up the baton, Rep. Pressley advised us that, “we certainly can not
return to our pre-COVID, unjust, status quo normal. It was inadequate to
begin with,” while challenging us to remember that student debt is a
racial justice issue.
Rep. Blumenauer told us that time is short -- we are already feeling the
effects of the climate crisis -- and brought an urgent call to action,
“wildfires, extreme weather events, we are in the middle of a climate
crisis, and I think we ought to act like it.”
Rahna Epting reinforced the notion that we are stronger together as a
collective force of grassroots mobilization while relaying the notion
that, “I hear, all the time… a debate between whether Democrats should
tackle the challenges in front of us with legislative action or with
executive action and I just want to be crystal clear with folks -- that is
a false choice. We can and we must do both.”
Finally, Sylvia Brown brought it all back home with a grounding in our
core values, “So folks, organizing buddies, and, as sister Rep. Pressley
said, ‘organizing siblings,’ put on your gloves, marching shoes. We’ve got
to keep moving and building the beloved community and expanding the
table.”
So let’s listen to Sylvia, and all the rest of our guests, and keep moving
forward. We’ve got work to do and the drive to get it done as long as we
continue to work together as many arms of a single progressive movement.
With that, here are your weekly to-dos:
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Your 5 weekly to-dos
1. [ [link removed] ]Click here to contact your representatives about the climate
crisis. There has been an upswing of reporting on President Biden
possibly using the Defense Protection Act to massively ramp up our
ability to manufacture clean energy technology, transition to
renewables, and create millions of jobs. We need to keep the heat on
to get this done and then get the President to declare a national
emergency, unlocking the full power of the executive to address
climate change.
2. [ [link removed] ]Click here to tell President Biden to end Title 42. Title 42 is a
public health law misused by the Trump administration to deny asylum
seekers from seeking safety at our southern border. Recently,
unaccompanied children and Ukrainian refugees have been exempted from
that order in the face of horrific violence in their home countries.
It is time we extend that compassion to all asylum-seekers. Medical
and health experts have recommended that the policy should be ended
and that’s what the president should do.
3. [ [link removed] ]Click here to urge President Biden to take immediate action on
student debt. We expect a decision by April 1 about next steps
regarding the federal student loan pause that has been in effect
during the COVID-19 crisis. Though we would be happy to see it
extended, we would be ecstatic to see President Biden exercise
executive action and cancel at least $50,000 of student debt now. This
would be a big step in beginning to address the massive wealth
inequality caused by systemic racism.
4. [ [link removed] ]Click here to demand swift confirmation of
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson if you have a Republican senator. [ [link removed] ]Click
here to urge your senator to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for
the Supreme Court if they are a Democrat. Judge Jackson has already
been confirmed three times in the past on a bipartisan basis for her
previous roles. She is clearly qualified. Call on your senators to
confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson without delay. And, if you need
help, [ [link removed] ]click here to access a resource for pushing back on
right-wing lies about the Supreme Court nomination.
P.S. We rely on your support to keep call pages up and running, fund ads
to get the word out, and continue all the work we’re doing this year.
[ [link removed] ]If you’re able, click here to donate to help fund our work.
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Ukraine
[10]Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaffirms that America
must lead the world in a clean energy transition. Our
dependence on fossil fuel empowers authoritarians like
Vladimir Putin, rogue oil-producing nations, and
price-gouging oil companies. For the sake of our
national security and planet, we call on America’s
leaders to take immediate action to invest in domestic
clean energy jobs and end our dependence on fossil
fuel.
We need to invest in clean energy to reduce the power
of oligarchs like Putin. [ [link removed] ]Click here to encourage
Biden to take climate action!
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National Events
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IndivisiWin of the Week
[ [link removed] ]Pennsylvania Indivisible talked to Give No Ground
candidate Rep. Matt Cartwright on a statewide call last
Wednesday evening to give a pep talk before our deep
canvassing work begins.
Pennsylvania Indivisible talked to Give No Ground
candidate Rep. Matt Cartwright on a statewide call last
Wednesday evening to give a pep talk before our deep
canvassing work begins.
There is movement happening on the executive action front this week,
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